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Thread Number: 91685
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Dryer belt keeps breaking |
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| Post# 1161975 , Reply# 1 10/19/2022 at 00:58 (553 days old) by Repairguy (Danbury, Texas) | ||
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Post# 1161977 , Reply# 2 10/19/2022 at 01:14 (553 days old) by chetlaham  (United States) |
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| Post# 1161983 , Reply# 3 10/19/2022 at 06:04 (553 days old) by qsd-dan (West) | ||
The belt is on upside-down. Flat side of the belt faces the drum, this ain't a belt squealing Whirlpool product ;)
From the age of the machine, at minimum, the 2 drum rollers need to be removed, shafts cleaned, and turbine oiled. Re-install. If the rollers are worn or broken, replace. Same goes for the white plastic idler wheel. I also remove the motor assembly, blow out the dust, clean the pivoting point of the idler wheel assembly, re-grease, and clean the old grease from the white block and motor frame, re-grease (you can use the same grease for both). Advance the clip to 8:48. Check the glides to see if they are thin or worn into the cork backing: | ||
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Post# 1161985 , Reply# 4 10/19/2022 at 07:53 (553 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Yes as mentioned the belt is being installed backwards
A little bit of history.
Maytag was the last company to install the belt around the perimeter of the dryer drum to operate a full-size dryer. Maytag maintained for years that this was not a good way to build a clothes dryer so when they finally had to eat crow and put the belt around the drum because it is the best way to build a clothes dryer they put the belt on backwards and then they claimed that they had perfected the system, lol When they came out with her next generation of dryers they did it like everybody else and put the belt on correctly. John L | ||
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